Vol. 214 (November II 2012)

Participatory Science and Computing for Our Complex World

Open Access Editorial Foreword    p. 1 S. Bishop Published online: 30 November 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01684-1 Abstract PDF (103.8 KB)

Open Access Editorial Introduction: The FuturICT knowledge accelerator towards a more resilient and sustainable future    p. 5 D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01685-0 Abstract PDF (131.2 KB)

Open Access FuturICT: Participatory computing to understand and manage our complex world in a more sustainable and resilient way    p. 11 D. Helbing, S. Bishop, R. Conte, P. Lukowicz and J.B. McCarthy Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01686-y Abstract PDF (1.108 MB)

Open Access Accelerating scientific discovery by formulating grand scientific challenges    p. 41 D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01687-x Abstract PDF (117.6 KB)

Open Access A planetary nervous system for social mining and collective awareness    p. 49 F. Giannotti, D. Pedreschi, A. Pentland, P. Lukowicz, D. Kossmann, J. Crowley and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01688-9 Abstract PDF (546.2 KB)

Open Access Towards a living earth simulator    p. 77 M. Paolucci, D. Kossman, R. Conte, P. Lukowicz, P. Argyrakis, A. Blandford, G. Bonelli, S. Anderson, S. de Freitas, B. Edmonds, et al. (10 more) N. Gilbert, M. Gross, J. Kohlhammer, P. Koumoutsakos, A. Krause, B.-O. Linnér, P. Slusallek, O. Sorkine, R.W. Sumner and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01689-8 Abstract PDF (1.005 MB)

Open Access Towards a global participatory platform - Democratising open data, complexity science and collective intelligence    p. 109 S. Buckingham Shum, K. Aberer, A. Schmidt, S. Bishop, P. Lukowicz, S. Anderson, Y. Charalabidis, J. Domingue, S. de Freitas, I. Dunwell, et al. (10 more) B. Edmonds, F. Grey, M. Haklay, M. Jelasity, A. Karpištšenko, J. Kohlhammer, J. Lewis, J. Pitt, R. Sumner and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01690-3 Abstract PDF (847.3 KB)

Open Access FuturICT – The road towards ethical ICT    p. 153 J. van den Hoven, D. Helbing, D. Pedreschi, J. Domingo-Ferrer, F. Gianotti and M. Christen Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01691-2 Abstract PDF (288.2 KB)

Open Access Theoretical and technological building blocks for an innovation accelerator    p. 183 F. van Harmelen, G. Kampis, K. Börner, P. van den Besselaar, E. Schultes, C. Goble, P. Groth, B. Mons, S. Anderson, S. Decker, et al. (3 more) C. Hayes, T. Buecheler and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01692-1 Abstract PDF (1.081 MB)

Open Access The FuturICT education accelerator    p. 215 J. Johnson, S. Buckingham Shum, A. Willis, S. Bishop, T. Zamenopoulos, S. Swithenby, R. MacKay, Y. Merali, A. Lorincz, C. Costea, et al. (11 more) P. Bourgine, J. Louçã, A. Kapenieks, P. Kelley, S. Caird, J. Bromley, R. Deakin Crick, C. Goldspink, P. Collet, A. Carbone and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01693-0 Abstract PDF (374.4 KB)

Open Access Challenges in complex systems science    p. 245 M. San Miguel, J.H. Johnson, J. Kertesz, K. Kaski, A. Díaz-Guilera, R.S. MacKay, V. Loreto, P. Érdi and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01694-y Abstract PDF (337.3 KB)

Open Access Challenges in network science: Applications to infrastructures, climate, social systems and economics    p. 273 S. Havlin, D.Y. Kenett, E. Ben-Jacob, A. Bunde, R. Cohen, H. Hermann, J.W. Kantelhardt, J. Kertész, S. Kirkpatrick, J. Kurths, et al. (2 more) J. Portugali and S. Solomon Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01695-x Abstract PDF (589.0 KB)

Open Access A complex systems approach to constructing better models for managing financial markets and the economy    p. 295 J. Doyne Farmer, M. Gallegati, C. Hommes, A. Kirman, P. Ormerod, S. Cincotti, A. Sanchez and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01696-9 Abstract PDF (721.5 KB)

Open Access Manifesto of computational social science    p. 325 R. Conte, N. Gilbert, G. Bonelli, C. Cioffi-Revilla, G. Deffuant, J. Kertesz, V. Loreto, S. Moat, J.-P. Nadal, A. Sanchez, et al. (4 more) A. Nowak, A. Flache, M. San Miguel and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01697-8 Abstract PDF (243.0 KB)

Exploratory of society    p. 347 L.-E. Cederman, R. Conte, D. Helbing, A. Nowak, F. Schweitzer and A. Vespignani Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01698-7 Abstract PDF (278.8 KB)

An economic and financial exploratory    p. 361 S. Cincotti, D. Sornette, P. Treleaven, S. Battiston, G. Caldarelli, C. Hommes and A. Kirman Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01699-6 Abstract PDF (484.3 KB)

Open Access Socio-inspired ICT - Towards a socially grounded society-ICT symbiosis    p. 401 A. Ferscha, K. Farrahi, J. van denHoven, D. Hales, A. Nowak, P. Lukowicz and D. Helbing Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01700-6 Abstract PDF (616.6 KB)

Complexity aided design - The FuturICT technological innovation paradigm    p. 435 A. Carbone, M. Ajmone-Marsan, K.W. Axhausen, M. Batty, M. Masera and E. Rome Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01701-5 Abstract PDF (527.7 KB)

Causality discovery technology    p. 461 M. Chen, T. Ertl, M. Jirotka, A. Trefethen, A. Schmidt, B. Coecke and R. Bañares-Alcántara Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01702-4 Abstract PDF (525.9 KB)

Open Access Smart cities of the future    p. 481 M. Batty, K.W. Axhausen, F. Giannotti, A. Pozdnoukhov, A. Bazzani, M. Wachowicz, G. Ouzounis and Y. Portugali Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01703-3 Abstract PDF (1.562 MB)

Data and models for exploring sustainability of human well-being in global environmental change    p. 519 G. Deffuant, I. Alvarez, O. Barreteau, B. de Vries, B. Edmonds, N. Gilbert, N. Gotts, F. Jabot, S. Janssen, M. Hilden, et al. (4 more) O. Kolditz, D. Murray-Rust, C. Rougé and P. Smits Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01704-2 Abstract PDF (283.7 KB)

The emerging energy web    p. 547 M. Ajmone-Marsan, D. Arrowsmith, W. Breymann, O. Fritz, M. Masera, A. Mengolini and A. Carbone Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01705-1 Abstract PDF (578.8 KB)

Towards integrative risk management and more resilient societies    p. 571 D. Al-Khudhairy, K. Axhausen, S. Bishop, H. Herrmann, B. Hu, W. Kröger, T. Lewis, J. MacIntosh, A. Nowak, S. Pickl, et al. (2 more) D. Stauffacher and E. Tan Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01706-0 Abstract PDF (734.6 KB)

Linking science and arts: Intimate science, shared spaces and living experiments    p. 597 J. Perelló, D. Murray-Rust, A. Nowak and S.R. Bishop Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01707-y Abstract PDF (1.684 MB)

Big science and big administration - Confronting the governance, financial and legal challenges of FuturICT    p. 635 J. Smart, M. Scott, J.B. McCarthy, K.T. Tan, P. Argyrakis, S. Bishop, R. Conte, S. Havlin, M. San Miguel and D. Stauffacher Published online: 5 December 2012 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01708-x Abstract PDF (384.1 KB)